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Maxwell G. Barton was a man released from prison in Mr. Monk and the Wrong Man. In 1993 he was arrested for the murders of John and Valerie Davis and stealing the jewelry in their wall safe. He was imprisoned for fourteen years until DNA evidence cleared him.

The DNA was of Paulie Flores, whom Barton had worked with to kill the Davis'. He killed Flores so he wouldn't be able to identify him at the scene.

Max ended up manipulating Monk and Natalie into getting him a job at a processing center for her parent's toothpaste company, which he promptly slacked off at. With the help of Adrian Monk, Barton interrupted his ex-wife Sherry's wedding and convinced her to remarry him. But while Max's wedding to Sherry was happening, Monk realized that Max had killed Flores, and interrupted it again, proving that he had killed Flores with the belt Barton was wearing.

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